Politics Comes to the New York Runways

Fashion has been largely avoiding the issue, but on Sunday night, Prabal Gurung addressed it head-on. … A year ago during fashion week he ended his show with a parade of models in a variety of message tees that seemed addressed specifically to the policies of the new president (“I am an immigrant”; …

“This is my New York Fashion Week debut,” said Adriana Chavez, a home-schooled high school junior who wore a gray sweater with a sleeve that landed past her knees. “It’s kind of crazy,” said Danielle Mullan, a senior at Hunter College High School, as she tried to take in the scene backstage before the …

And they saw their opening: offering women sizes 14 and up five articles of clothing chosen by a stylist who takes into account individual preferences. In 2015, they started an online retail site, Dia & Co. “I hadn’t intended for retailing to be a career choice,” Ms. Boujarwah said. “But when I was in business …

Fashion is an emerging scholarly discipline, which makes it very fashionable right now. Slap the word fashion to the title of an academic article or book and readership is likely to follow. Is political dressing is fashion trend? The #tiedtogether movement used white bandanas to indicate the ‘common bonds of …

Asma Jahangir, a Pakistani activist, gained global acclaim by defending the rule of law in a country where it has faced near-constant threats. She was 66. • Off the runway. New York Fashion Week is in full swing, and a photographer captured the look of the crowd. Our chief fashion critic, Vanessa Friedman, …

As the fashion industry becomes larger and more international, and the audience grows more knowledgeable and demanding, the need to stand out is vital. A person leading the brand who is either highly visible — or has a vigorously articulated point of view — can be an invaluable tool for a global fashion …

Good morning on this chilly Thursday. When New York Fashion Week kicks off today, the catwalks of Manhattan will be filled with fabulously unaffordable outfits. But you can own some of this fabulosity for a pittance — maybe not the outfits, but the fabric they’re made of. All it takes is a subway ride to the last …

Latin America boasts a colourful deck of beloved, local magazines that continue to persuade loyal readers to buy fashion and luxury, despite turbulent times for print …. A previous version of this article misstated that Daniela Pizzeta is the marketing manager for Iguatemi Empresa de Shopping Centers.

Over a decade later, the fashion industry woke up to the opportunity. In 2013, Louis Vuitton’s Marc Jacobs designed tour costumes for virtual avatar Hatsune Miku, a sixteen-year-old Japanese singer who performs her concert onstage as an animated projection hologram and has collaborated with Lady …

A week before his 20th-anniversary salon-style show, held on the Wednesday morning before New York Fashion Week officially opened, Narciso Rodriguez was in his Gramercy Park office showing off a gray flannel coat with three wooden buttons and a hood, lined in felted black wool. It was, like most of …